February 5, 2015 - Farm to Cafeteria Canada

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February 5, 2015

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Seed-to-Plate Program Teaches Students STEM Skills, Nutrition

February 5, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, In the News, Stories from the field

How many fourth-graders know what kohlrabi is? Jared Fangman, 10, not only knows what the cabbage family member looks like, but has tried it, though he still likes tomatoes better. “You have to wash it off first and then take a bite,” he said. Fangman is one of nearly 190 students at Brookwood Elementary School...

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Making the Measure: A Toolkit for Tracking the Outcomes of Community Gardens and Urban Farms

February 5, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, In the News, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

Community gardeners and urban farmers across North America are using an innovative research toolkit developed in New York City to measure and track the impacts of their work. A small group of dedicated gardeners created the toolkit in mid-2013 as part of the Five Borough Farm initiative of the Design Trust for Public Space, a...

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Five Borough Farm Data Collection Toolkit

February 5, 2015F2CC adminEnglish, Farm to School, Farms, Stories from the field, Tools/Toolkit

Protocols for measuring the outcomes and impacts of community gardens and urban farms This Toolkit is designed to help you measure and track the activities and outputs in your farm and garden according to five categories: Food Production Data, Environmental Data, Social Data, Health Data, and Economic Data. Each of these sections contains specific methods...